Up Close And Personal With Astrid Øyre Slind, Part 1

Up Close And Personal With Astrid Øyre Slind, Part 1

Leaders, Newsfeed
Meet Astrid Øyre Slind who is well on her way of becoming one of the top stars of international skiing. She spent a beginning of her career competing at the World Cup distances, winning U23 World Championship. In 2014 she, however, had switched to classic ski marathons. First year wasn't that impressive, but the last season Slind was constantly breathing down the neck of the Ski Classics leaders, Britta Norgren, Justyna Kowalczyk and Katerina Smutna  , all of whom have been on the ski circuit for much longer. Would the coming season be the one of Astrid Slind? Not much left to wait, the season kicks off in Pontresina at the end of November. ...For the ease of reading we have decided to separate the interview with Slind into two parts: in…
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Part II Of Keeping Up With World Best Skiers: Team United Bakeries

Part II Of Keeping Up With World Best Skiers: Team United Bakeries

Leaders, Newsfeed
… In Part II of Team United Bakeries profile ( see Part I here) the team members talk about their training methods, what sort of money are there in the professional skiing as well as share their views on how to grow a popularity of skiing in the world – and pretty much everything in between. All answers represent common team opinion ( when and if opinions are split, it is clearly marked as such) The conversation(s) took place over several evenings during the joint rollerski camp on Mallorca at the end of October Just to remind you that in the season of 2017/18 Team United Bakeries 2016-2017 are: Tore Bjoerseth Berdal John Kristian Dahl Stian Hoelgaard Astrid Øyre Slind Torleif Syrstad plus Team Director Bernhard Ronning, former competitive ski…
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Rollerski Majorca With Team United Bakeries

Rollerski Majorca With Team United Bakeries

Newsfeed, Travel & Mass Sport
End of October-beginning of November. The in-between season for the most of us. Cold, rainy, and gets dark way too early. Rollerskis are packed away while the snow hasn't quite arrived yet. So, brave the rain or pull ropes on that old good SkiErg imagining it's Vasaloppet time again? Well, there is an alternative worth considering - and this story is about what you could actually do for relatively little money , but with great effect for your skiing prowess and overall well-being, including your mood. We are in Majorca, the island in the Mediterranean. Naturally, everybody heard of it and many even paid due respect to its sandy beaches and ancient culture - in the summer. Some time ago, good and entrepreneurial people of Majorca have realized , that…
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Klarälvsloppet  Aims To Become Summer Version of Vasaloppet

Klarälvsloppet Aims To Become Summer Version of Vasaloppet

Newsfeed, Travel & Mass Sport
Whatever we do here at the Dailyskier, we always try to deliver the following point across: skiing/rollersking is not just a great sport – it's a growing sport, as more and more people discover its beauty and benefits. One of the signs of the bright future ahead for the sport is in growing numbers of competitions and mass races held throughout the world. Today we introduce yet another new entrant in the field: Klarälvsloppet in western Sweden. ...Through the serene hills and forests of Swedish Värmland runs a 90km smooth asphalt road with no motor traffic. Klarälvsbanan is one of the world's best known rails-to-trails projects, turning disused railroads into exercise paths for all. For quite some time now Klarälvsbanan was a venue of regular meet-ups of cyclists. For the…
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Racefox: All Body Movements Originate In Point In Upper Chest

Racefox: All Body Movements Originate In Point In Upper Chest

Gear News, Newsfeed
The second decade of the XXI century gave us the Internet of Things. While smart toasters and “dumb” fridges that wouldn't allow you to raid them in the middle of the night ( because you programmed it so yourself, trying to save your waistline - real life story) are all very exciting – they are rather peripheral to the great sport of cross country skiing. Let's talk about something that is central to it – like technique and performance analyses. Here comes Racefox, your real-time online xc skiing coach. Racefox, née Wememove, came to the market last year with a promise of bettering performance through using the chest strapped device & online app that test your technique and identify your strengths and weaknesses. Since then Racefox has become quite a…
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